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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17
ANorRER PENsIoN HRTo.

Grover Cleveland has again shown
his hatred for the ex-union soldier by
vetoing the bill granting pensions to
dependent parents and disabled sol
diers and sailors. Yesterday after
noon he sent message to the house
returning the bill with his disapproval.
BY this act, as well as several others
of similar nature, he plainly shows
that he has less charity and love for
the defenders of the union than the
often abused rebel brigadiers from the
south who are members of congress,
but who voted for the pensions. They
had the manliness to fight for their
convictions, while this stay-at-home,
by-chance president did not.
AS it was during the war, it is now.
The stay-at-homes, on both sides, were
and are now, the ones who had least
use for the fighters. When a union
soldier had the misfortune to be made
a prisoner of war, it was never the men
who captured him in battle who abused
him. The abuse only commenced.
with rare exceptions, when he was
I turned over to the stay-at-homes, who
as rule, had charge of the prison pens
and were to be found at all way sta
lions to jeer and taunt the unfortunate
captive.
This gentleman, who preferred to
stay at home and hang men for liv.
| ing, and found it cheaper and safer fol
his own precious carcass to hire sub
stitute to do his fighting by proxy, as
might be expected, thinks the bill not
a good one, and enters into long ar
gument in an attempt to prove himseli
right.
On our third page Will be found the
full text of his message on the subject
and elsewhere will be found the bill
which he vetoed. which we reproduce
from yesterdays issue, so our readers
may peruse them both and compare
the arguments against the original
document with the bill itself.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17
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ANOTHER big Knights of Labor CO.
operative community is being estab-
lished at Tennessee City, fifty miles
from Memphis. The Knights have
bought tract of 10000 acres, with
an idle iron furnace and some lands
supposed to contain ore, and they hope
to get 600 families settled in the re-
gion in six months, conducting bust
ness of various sorts on the co-Opera-
tive basis. Besides the furnace and a
nail factory, brick machines with a
capacity of $4,000 bricks day have
been bought, a sash and blind factory
is going I'D.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

with solid silver trimmings, and bar
handles extending the entire length,
lined with clear white satin.
THE FLORAL OFFERINGS
We're numerous, beautiful and appro-
pirate. Among the more noticeable
were:
A sickle composed of Gala lilies,
heliotrope, carnation and smilax, at
tached to a sheaf of ripe wheat, by
Mr.. and Mrs. L. N. Gibson.
A magnificent floral pillow in the
form Of a Maltese cross, by Emporia
commsndery No. 8.
Box Of cut flowers, beautifully ar
ranged, by Mr.. and Mrs. DR.. Hibben Of
Topeka.
Basket Of cut fIowers-Misses Laura
and May Thomas, and many others the
descriptions of which time compels
us to leave unnoticed.
THE SERVICES.
The religious services were COM
menced with an anthem by a
choir selected for the occasion,
after which Rev. F. T. ingalls,
i
was followed by an appropriate selec-
ton from the scriptures. The choir
then, by request of the relatives, sang
"Shall We Meet" and Rev. ingalls,
proceeded to make some remarks ap-
propriate to the occasion, and spoke in
q touching manner of the many
qualities which had enshined the
deceased in the hearts of all
his friends and acquaintance.
He remarked upon the suddenness of
the event and the shock to the COM
munity, where DIR. Hibben had been SC
well-known for the past twenty years.
It is a great loss to community when
such citizens pass away. He had been
identified with. the city in its growth
and struggle, and was looked upon by
everyone with confidence and respect.
His death is also loss to his profes-
sion, and it is as trusted physician
that he will be remembered by many.
But it is upon the family and friends
that this blow falls most heavily and
they have the sympathy of all in their
great bereavement.
The remarks were followed by a
brief and eloquent petition to the
throne of grace by the reverend gentle
man, which was followed by the beau
tiful and appropriate selection by the
choir, Nearer, my God, to Thee,'' af-
ter which all present were given the
opportunity to take farewell view of
the remains, and the Knights Tenn
plar took charge of the after ceremo-
MES, which were concluded in accord
ance with their beautiful ritual, at the
tomb.
The pail bearers were-Dr. Jacobs
DIR. Frost, DR.. Biddle, r. E. Torring-
ton, D. w. Holderman and H. C.
Cross.
All the Masonic bodies of the city
were in attendance, with Col. j. NJ
Steele in charge as marshal of the day
accompanied by the Emporia Consoli.
dated brass band, which furnished mu.
sic appropriate to the occasion.-Em
poria Daily News.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

WHY western newspapers should
grumble, as many of them do, at the
large amount of money annually paid
by the government to pensioners we
are unable to understand. The money
thus paid is distributed among veter-
ans in every state of the union, and it
goes into immediate circulation, Civ
ing healthy impetus to trade and as
sisting the deserving. Its distribution,
instead of being a misfortune, is q
positive blessing. If it were not for
the pension list business would be
much less active and there would be
much more suffering in all parts of the
country than there is. But the most
potent argument in favor of the pen
sion list is that the veterans who faced
death in defense of the union, and who
were disabled in the country's service,
are not only entitled to popular graft
tude but to substantial reward.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17
The Railroad Meeting at the Court
House Last Evening
To Ratlfy the Action Of the Commit
teas and Endorse
The Two Propositions Now Before the
Citizens Of Lyon County.
A Unanimous Expression in Favor Of
Both Projects,
And the Petitions Signed by Nearly
Every Taxpayer Present.
Brief Review Of the Situation as Il
Now Presents Itself,
Brief Review of the Situation as Il
Now Presents Itself.

A called meeting of our citizens was
held Wednesday at the court house to
discuss the modified proposition of the
Missouri. Kansas & Southwestern and
also the proposition of the Kansas,
Colorado & Texas. Judge Fletcher
was called to the chair and L. n. Car
Carter was chosen secretary. T. G.
whitley was called upon to explain the
object of the meeting, which he said
was to get an expression from the cti-
zens in ratification of the action of the
railroad committee on the propositions
of the above mentioned railroads. Up
on motion by DIR. Young, the action
of the committee was heartily en-
dorsed, after which Mr.. Conkling was
called for and made a few remarks,
congratulating the people of the coun-
ty on their harmonious action in this
matter,
L. Severy then spoke for few min
utes, assuring the committee aud our
citizens that the Santa Fe would fulfill
its contract to the letter in regard to
the stock yards and the extension of
the Gulf line to this city. This state
ment was received with great satisfac-
ton by the large audience.
The committee assigned to the work
of circulating the petitions were in
structed to have them signed up and
report to Mr.. Whitley, chairman, early
Monday morning, February IA.
DR.. Sweezy of Usage county made a
stirring address, assuring those pres
ent that the people of Usage would
carry the bonds solid. He was fol-
lowed by J. NJ. McCown, who spoke for
some minutes on the work of the COM
mittee in formulating the proposition
to build the Emporia, Winfield & Fort
Smith railroad.
The utmost enthusiasm prevailed at
the meeting, which was very large
one, and our citizens feel that it augurs
well for the future,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

IN st. Louis, the Knights of Pythias
have organized to have in successful
operation an employment bureau,
which has for it's object securing to
members who are out of employment
positions whereby they may earn a
livelihood. This strikes us as being a
practical exemplification of one of the
most cherished principles of the order
sympathy and succor to brother in
distress. Lodges everywhere should
emulate this example
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

We do not believe that a man ever
succeeded in business who was not
honest; it is one of the impossibilities
for dishonest man to prosper. The
basis of the commercial prosperity of
the country is honesty, and the rogues
are everywhere exposed and punished.
1t is only the dishonest and tricky men
who talk about dishonesty being COM
mon, for the experience of ages has
demonstrated that honesty is the first
principal of success, and that no man
can succeed without it. The men who
fail to succeed because they are not
honest, haye.stolen their money but the
sensible people know that it is not in
the order of things for thieves
to prosper. A business man
cannot afford to be dis
honest for five hundred dollars, or
thousand dollars, even though he is a
natural born thief, for an honest poll
icy will pay him better. Men should
learn as their first lesson that the old
saying, honesty is the best policy, is
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

THE st. Louis Globe-Democrat, in
speaking of the big strike in New
York and its apparent termination,
says: ''The strikers, their late employ
ers and the general pubilc-especiall
the strikers-have lost Il good many
millions of dollars by the contest, and
the latter now find themselves out of
work in addition to their other misfor-
tunes The non-union men have
gained something by the strike,
but each of the other three
classes has lost. The general
public, to be sure, had no hand in the
quarrel. Both strikers and employers
share in the blame for bringing on the
contest. But, unfortunately, in a
trouble of this kind, the innocent, too,
must suffer. The public, however,
will soon forget it's losses, while the
employers will eventually recover, to
some extent, from the damage which
the temporary arrangement of their
business entailed upon them. But to
the strikers the contest has been all
loss unless it has taught them the folly
of strikes except in cases where all
other means of settlement fall
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

THAT the popularity of THE NEWS
is not confined to Emporia alone is
evinced by the receipt of many letters
from abroad of a similar tenor to the
following, which was received at this
office to-day:
herewith send you five dollars on sub
scription to the ENPoRIA WEEKLY
NEWS. l never subscribed for the
NEWS myself, but / like the paper and
would not like to be without it now.
This will pay what is owing on it and
two years in advance. Respectfully
yours, GEORGE FERGUSON,
Trimble, Crawford Co., Ill.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

AND now comes the Chicago Inter
Ocean and Indignantly asserts: .'Peo-
pie that whimper the United States
must carry her dignity in her pocket
until she gets navy, generally live in
some little seaboard city, and imagine
that 1T is all the United States Five
years after every seaboard city shall
have been knocked to smithereens, the
United States could lick any nation of
Europe with one hand in a sling.
There are people in this country out
side of New York or Boston,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

A rustic mantle, carved out of wal
nut, is on exhibition at the Emporia
Hardware company, which is the work
of Fred Stuckey of this city, and proves
conclusively what Emporia artists can
do. 1t is pronounced one of the finest
pieces of carving to be seen in Kansas
or elsewhere. Fred has an artistic eve
and skilled hand and his designs agd
finished workmanship are models of
beauty and usefulness.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

THE reduction of the marriage IL
cense fee in Maryland to one dollar
brought about a remarkable marriage
at Snow Hill the other day. The bride
and groom elect had been living to-
gether for twenty-seven years, and
were the parents of seventeen chill
dren. The groom claimed to have
been honest in his intention to get
married when he was able, but never
felt so until few days ago, when told
that the marriage license fee had been
reduced
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

THERE is need of prohibition yet.
The New York Sun says: lone sena-
tor of the United States was drunk
during the debate on the retaliation
bill. He was not only drunk but
noisy; he insisted on talking. The
talk he made was the talk of one over
come with cold tea, and this talk is
preserved in cold type in the Rec
ord -
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

THE Garden City Herald wants a
strip from the Indian Territory ad-
ded to the southern portion of Kansas
and the state cut in two in order to
make two states and have two capitals,
and the Topeka Commonwealth makes
favorable comments on the plan.
Probably the latter is becoming afraid
of the Mcpherson scheme toremove the
capital.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

ENIPoRIANs are trying to get up a
boom for their town-and thereby
catch few 'tenderfeet" with money
by taking options on each others
property. There is no telling what an
Emporia man will do when he gets
thoroughly wakSd up.-Lawrence
Journal.
Probably this is intended as an ex-
PLANTATION why Brother Chalfant, a
former Emporium, removed to Law
renee and became interested in the
Tribune. He evidently, however, has
not succeeded in waking up Lawrence,
and it is also evident that he was not
thoroughly awake when he went there.
Sour grapes,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

SHOULD Kansas publish her own
school books one of the good effects
will be to put stop to the everlasting
changing of text books, at an enor-
nous expense to parents of school
children. If the new scheme only
does this it will have accomplished
enough to have it endorsed by very
large majority of the voters of the
state
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

n sUPERsTITIoUs subscriber, saws
one of our exchanges. who found a
spider in his paper, wants to know if
it is considered bad omen. Nothing
of the kind. The spider was merely
looking over the columns of the paper
to see who was not advertising, so that
it could spin its web across his shop
door and be free from disturbance,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

SECRETARY WHITNEY has named
his new baby Frances Cleveland Whit
ney. 1t is bad policy to name a child
after living statesman. The whirli-
gig of time fetches strange reverses.
Just imagine the republican who
named his boy Andrew Johnson!
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

a French physicians who holds that
grooming and crying are operations by
which nature allays anguish, tells of a
man who reduced his pulse from 126 to
60 in the course of few hours by Civ
ing full vent to his emotion. If peo-
pie are unhappy about anything, he
advises them to go to their rooms and
comfort themselves with a loud boo
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

a CORRESPONDENT at Rome writes
of the war situation in Europe: THE
telegraph tells you the news, but it can
not convey the hot, though hushed
feeling-the calm before the storm
with which the people of Europe await
the earthquake. The belief is that
war must come, and that it can not be
delayed longer than the life of the
aged emperor of Germany"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

IT has been ascertained, after care
full investigation, that the people of
Emporia are not insane. They are
having much needed boom. This
explains the strange music we hear
being played there at present.-Otta-
wa Republican.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

THE president has approved the act
granting pensions to soldiers and
sailors of the Mexican war. Also an
act providing for school of instruc-
ton for cavalry and light artillery;
and one for the completion of public
buildings at Fort Scott:
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

THE English under-secretary for the
colonies has resigned, because his SYM
pathies in the Canadian fisheries ques-
ton are with the United States, and it
is more than probable that other res
ignations will take place.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

THE democracy boosted that when
they got into power, they would be
ready to defy the world, but they APP
pear to be reluctant even to prepare to
go into training. To be sure we could
whip 1.-THE world in arms on our own
soil, but the difficulty is they won't
come TO our soil to be whipped.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

THE Topeka Capital devotes consid-
cradle space in its columns to clip
pings abusive of Senator ingalls,.
Wonder if Ingalls, will be mad when he
finds it out by reading this item?
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

AT the Lutheran parsonage, 124 Con-
stitution street, February 9th, at 4
p. m, Mr.. N. p. Nelson and Miss
Maggie Funk, both of Emporia, Kan
sas. Rev. F. D. Altman officiating.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

AN exchange very truthfuliy re-
marks that sit costs money to adver-
tise, but it costs more money not to
advertise -
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

CoNDIANDER McDEvITT has issued
general order No. 10, fixing the sixth
annual encampment of the G.. A. R. of
Kansas at Abilene, on the Sth of
March
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

THE Missouri people are much agi-
tated about project to remove the
state capital from Jefferson City. To-
peaka can sympathiZe with them.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

TIVE first of the many projected
monuments to Gen. Grant will be
erected at Chicago. The necessary
500, 900 has been raised.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY II. 1897.

ACCORDING to Archbishop Corr gan
Henry Ward Beecher is not fit asso-,
ciate for reputable Catholic clergy
man
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

how easily rheumatism begins, and how
one is startled to find himself its victim
in either the acute or chronic form. He
then learns the fearful tenacity of its
grip and the utter powerlessness of the
ordinary remedies to give relief.
Probably to no disease have physicians
given more study, and none has more
completely baffied their efforts TO provide
a specific; and until Athlophoros was dis
covered there was no medicine which
would surely cure rheumatism, neuralgia
and nervous or sick headache. Thousands
of testimonials like the following prove
beyond question that Athlophoros Is the
only reliable remedy, and that it will do
all that Is claimed for it.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17
UNION SOLDIERS IN THE SEN
ATE

a paragraph has been going the
rounds of the press to the effect that
there will be but three ex-union SOL
diers in the next United States senate.
A list has recently been compiled by a
Washington paper giving the follow
ing named senators who rendered their
country service during the late war:
l. Bowen, of Colorado, enlisted as a
captain in the First Nebraska: came
out as a brigadier general of volun-
teers.
,. ITawley, of Connecticut. enlisted
as lieutenant and came out a brsyet
major general of volunteers.
8. Plumb, of Kansas, entered as sec
ond lieutenant; came out lieutenant
colonel Eleventh Kansas volunteer in
fantry.
4. Davis, of Minnesota, was Union
soldier according to the local newspa-
perS.
8. Henderson, of Nebraska, entered
as first lieutenant, Ohio volunteers,
came out breyet brigadier general.
6 Cheney, of New Hampshire, enlist
ed in Thirteenth New Hampshire vol
unteers;came out quartermaster of the
regiment.
Z Dolph of Oregon, enlisted as order
ly. sergeant in Capt. Crawford's COM
pany in Oregon Escort" in 1862.
8. Quay, of Pennsylvania, enlisted
as private in company ID, Fortieth
Wisconsin volunteer infantry; came
out captain and brevet major.
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pn. 111nnEN,s FuNERAL.

Last sad Rites Paid Ihe Remains of
Cur Old and ROnOred ClG1Een-The
Knfghes Templar-The Ceremonies
Floral Decorations, Ese.
Notwithstanding the inclemency Of
the weather, a very large number Of
our citizens were in attendance last
Friday at the obsequies Of the late DR..
W. W. Hibben at the family residence
on North State street, the Knights
Templar and Masonic brothers espe-
cially being well represented, and the
funeral ceremonies being in charge of
Emporia Commandery No. s.
THE PROCESSION.
At about lao the knights Templar
to the number of forty-one, belonging
to Emporia commandery No. 8, with
several visiting members as commit
tee from Topeka commandery No. S,
ali in full uniform, filed down stairs
from Masonic Temple and fell into
line on Fifth avenue, accompanied by
the other Masonic bodies and dele
CATION of the medical men OF the city.
at the intersection of Commercial
street they were joined and headed by
the band, about twenty-five strong,
and, keeping step to the taps of the
mufled drum, the imposing procession
formed and marched northward to the
residence of their deceased brother.
AT THE gEsDENCE-
The casket containing the remains
was placed in the front parlor, and
was Of cedar, covered with broadcloth,
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-02-17

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